Team TNT: Could you be unknowingly mining for crypto?

About this episode

The episode discusses how cryptocurrency is exploited by cybercriminals for various illegal activities.

Send us Fan Mail Cryptocurrency promised huge potential for investors. But it’s cybercriminals who are reaping the benefits. From multimillion-dollar ransomware payouts to borderless money laundering, cryptocurrency has quietly become the fuel powering a global cybercrime economy. As regulation evolves across multiple jurisdictions, gaps, inconsistencies, and the borderless nature of crypto continue to give criminal threat actors a simple workaround: move somewhere the rules don’t reach. This...

Topics covered

• cybercrime
• cryptocurrency
• ransomware
• money laundering
• regulation

Keywords

• cybercriminals
• ransomware payouts
• money laundering
• global economy
• regulation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Group-IB

Products: Cryptocurrency